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Tax reports show that this group was launched with the support of insurance carriers, insurance agents and brokers. From 1998-2004 it received some $2,130,222 in grants and contributions in outside contributions, according to tax records.

In a 1999 fundraising solicitation to insurance companies, Moses wrote: “Long-term care insurance is difficult to sell when the government is giving it away. If only one in 5,000 of these people took our advice to purchase LTC protection, then the Center for Long-Term Care Financing has generated $35,000,000 in LTC insurance premium. The Center may be the long-term care insurance industry’s top producer!”

Today, Moses continues to advise states on how to tighten their Medicaid programs. In a brochure circulated in 2007 to state legislators by the conservative Heartland Institute in the summer of 2007, he advises officials to “set up programs to divert applicants for Medicaid to home equity conversation and private insurance…”

Stephen Moses Stephen Moses is a leading advocate for “Medicaid reform” who is closely aligned with the insurance industry. He is widely quoted in the news media, gives frequent lectures and seminars, and is an advisor to legislators and Medicaid officials. His primary message is that access to Medicaid must be severely restricted, and that seniors should purchase long-term care insurance. Moses presents himself as an independent think tank expert. Rarely mentioned in his own materials or media reports is the significant funding he has sought and received from insurance interests.

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